But the question remains whether it could turn into a money machine for years that GTA 5 became the result of GTA Online.

Red Dead Online

It depends on a lot of things: the initial launch as well as the ongoing support, let alone the developer's ability to develop a long-term revenue monetization strategy without the players feeling that they are benefiting from it.

GTA Online is a powerful force, but Rockstar has more or less a decade when it comes to content in a ridiculous world of the Grand Theft Auto series.

Red Dead Redemption is something of a challenge there: it's more connected, with a slow and deliberate style that does not amount to the type of excess that serves GTA Online well.

It works with more restrictive aesthetics, and a much more specific list of things you can sell to players: there will be no attack helicopters or rocket bikes.